African civet vs mersawa

Civettictis civetta compared with Anisoptera costata

Key Differences

• African civet is Least Concern while mersawa is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	African civet	mersawa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (Mammals)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Carnivora (Carnivorans)	Malvales (Malvales)
Family	Viverridae	Dipterocarpaceae
Genus	Civettictis	Anisoptera
Species	Civettictis civetta	Anisoptera costata

Conservation Status

African civet

LC — Least Concern

mersawa

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	African civet	mersawa
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

African civet

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Germany and Sao Tome and Principe.

mersawa

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

African civet

The African civet (Civettictis civetta) is a species in the genus Civettictis. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. This species inhabits Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, found across Germany and Sao Tome and Principe.